Youre Only as Good as Your Next One
100 Great Films, 100 Good Films, and 100 for Which I Should Be Shot

Until this year I never gave any consideration as to the mechanics of how a film was made, but now I am being drawn into a nerdy neo obsession. This book gives a fascinating insight into the roles of various key players who need to collaborate to get an idea from a legal pad out into the world. The......more

You may not know his name, but Mike Medavoy has had a hand in many popular and interesting movies. Not being a “name” film producer is part of who he is, and his book You’re Only As Good As Your Next One celebrates his brand of movie producing, prioritising talent over packaging deals. It ends up pro......more

Started off a bit slow, but like others have said, this is a hidden gem into the inside workings of Hollywood. I learned a ton and it just helped me get an 87% on my cinema history test (a class I have yet to attend)! Thanks Mike for your honesty and I hope your legacy is filled with the praise it d......more

Good stuff. Definitely more business-focussed than a tell-all type book but I much prefer that anyway. I appreciated how transparent the author was with his successes and failures alike.......more

My December reads were essays and a book on film, You’re Only as Good as Your Next One by Mike Medavoy. Medavoy is a long-time Hollywood studio executive who began his career in the 1960s and is still in the biz to this day. His resume includes Oscar-winners, the universally loved, and the downright......more